Defeat the Enemy with a Single Punch

As the saying goes, literature has no first place, and martial arts have no second. Who among the people gathered here in the Cultivation World wasn't a prominent and influential figure? No one was willing to be looked down upon, and no one felt they were inferior to others. There were only nine positions closest to the imperial throne; whoever could sit in them represented that they belonged to the top tier among hundreds of congratulatory guests.

The five who had taken their seats earlier had long since established massive reputations in the Cultivation World, so these hundreds of powerhouses were utterly convinced. As for the ownership of the remaining four positions, these powerhouses naturally harbored secret suspicions in their hearts, yet they never expected that the imperial family would ultimately arrange for Zhuge Xiang and Mo Lingna to take them.

Who was Zhuge Xiang? Although he had gained some reputation in the Cultivation World over the years, it was mostly limited to the Great Qin Empire and the Great Tang Dynasty. In the Great Ming and Great Song, Zhuge Xiang's renown was relatively much weaker. If Asura Sect Leader Luo Ba had taken the seat, the various powerhouses could still have accepted it. However, seeing two juniors like Zhuge Xiang and Mo Lingna actually possess the qualifications to surpass them and sit in those nine revered positions, others naturally could not accept it.

"Zhuge Xiang, why aren't you coming down? Is that a position someone like you is fit to sit in?" The one who spoke was precisely the sect leader of the War Sect, a major sect within the borders of the Great Ming Dynasty. With a cultivation base at the sixth level of the Great Accomplishment Stage—a tier higher than Zhuge Xiang—he was tall and robust, his